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With a little luck, the fearless crew of the Discovery shuttle won't get stuck on board the International Space Station for too long. Sure, there is enough food, beverages and oxygen there for the astronauts to live on for a month. But the toilet is really only equipped to handle the waste produced by two people on a long-term basis, reports MosNews.com. "There can be problems with the lavatory, the resources of which are not never-ending," said an official with the Russian space program. ISS crew commander Sergei Krikalev even asked NASA to consider reducing the Discovery's crew of seven down to four out of concern for how the station could accommodate the needs of so many people, should they get stuck there. But NASA decided to stick with seven.